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ILO: CPTPP helps Vietnam advance labor reformsBy Thuy Dung Workers at a local firm. Laborers will have the right to establish or participate in the trade union of their own choosing at their enterprises - PHOTO: THUY DUNG HANOI – Vietnam’s ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is expected to boost the country’s labor reforms, according to a statement released on November 12 by the International Labor Organization (ILO). In the years after the CPTPP comes into effect, workers are expected to be allowed to establish or join trade unions of their own choosing at the grassroots level, and those organizations may or may not be part of the Vietnam General Federation of Labor. Chang-Hee Lee, director of ILO in Vietnam, said this is really an opportunity for Vietnam to modernize its labor laws and industrial relations system. According to the Government’s report, the CPTPP does not include … [Read more...] about ILO: CPTPP helps Vietnam advance labor reforms

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has run an unusually cheap campaign in part by not paying at least 10 top staffers, consultants and advisers, some of whom are no longer with the campaign, according to a review of federal campaign finance filings. Those who have so far not been paid, the filings show, include recently departed campaign manager Paul Manafort, California state director Tim Clark, communications director Michael Caputo and a pair of senior aides who left the campaign in June to immediately go to work for a Trump Super PAC. The New York real estate magnate and his allies have touted his campaign's frugality, saying it is evidence of his management skills. His campaign's spending has totaled $89.5 million so far, about a third of what Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's campaign has spent. But not compensating top people in a presidential campaign is a departure from campaign finance norms. Many of the positions involved might typically come with six-figure … [Read more...] about One secret of Trump’s low-cost campaign: free labor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set in motion the first major revamp in decades of India's archaic labor laws, part of a plan to revive the flagging economy, boost manufacturing and create millions of jobs.
Successive governments have agreed labor reform is critical to absorb 200 million Indians reaching working age over the next two decades, but fears of an ugly union-led backlash and partisan politics have prevented changes to free up labor markets. Now, with the benefit of a single party majority in the lower house of parliament for the first time in 30 years, laws that date back to just after the end of British rule are set for an overhaul. Officials at the labor ministry say this is a top priority in the government's first 100 days in office. India has a forest of labor laws, including anachronisms such as providing spittoons in the work place, and are so complex that most firms choose to stay small. In 2009, 84 percent of India's manufacturers employed fewer than 50 workers, … [Read more...] about India’s Modi eyes first labor overhaul in decades to create jobs

Thai junta leader Prayuth Chan-Ocha is bracing for the country’s biggest public protests since a coup four months ago, as farmers frustrated by falling prices threaten to take to the streets in defiance of martial law. Prayuth, the 60-year-old army chief who also took the post of prime minister, told farmers last week that they may have to sell their rubber “on Mars” amid a global glut and urged them not to stage protests or demand hand outs from the government. He has pledged to quicken state spending, promote investment and create jobs to spur economic growth. “We have suffered with falling prices and lower income for so many years without much help,” Perk Lertwangpong, head of the Rubber Holders Cooperatives Federation of Thailand, said by phone from Chanthaburi province, 245 kilometers (152 miles) southeast of Bangkok. “With prices at this level, we aren’t afraid of martial law. We’ll gather to fight.” Prayuth’s refusal to … [Read more...] about Thai farmers threaten protest in defiance of martial law

(VOVworld) – Provincial authorities nationwide are teaching people how to respond to China’s illegal placement of an oil rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf. Earlier, extremists urged workers to burn and destroy factories in the Vung Ang economic zone and industrial parks in Binh Duong province. Trade unions across the country are taking steps to protect foreign investors and Chinese enterprises in Vietnam.
Teaching people how to respond to China’s violation of international law
Grassroots-level efforts are required to make people clearly understand the situation in the East Sea and remind them not to harm foreign investors and business leaders in Vietnam. Nguyen Duc Thanh is vice chairman of Da Nang city’s Labor Federation: "We have asked trade unions at all levels to closely follow the development of businesses and their employees. We especially want to ensure the safe operation of Chinese and Taiwanese invested … [Read more...] about Teaching people how to respond to China’s violation of international law